The Royal BC Museum, located a short walk from the hotel ,will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Province of British Columbia with a new exhibit.

The exhibit entitled Free Spirit, Stories of You and Me and BC opens on March 13, 2008.  See http://www.freespiritbc.ca/ for more details

The Best Western Carlton Plaza Hotel is a participant in this year’s Dine Around and Stay in Town Program between Feb 21 and March 9, 2008 with rooms selling for $79.00.

Call our local number 388-5513 and ask for the DINE Rate

Details of the program may be found on the Tourism Victoria website www.tourismvictoria.com/dinearound 

The Tall Ships are returning to Victoria on June 26 to 29, 2008.  Book your room soon as hotels in Victoria were very full when the Tall Ships were here in 2005.

Victoria will be the only Canadian port where you can experience the full compliment of Tall Ships ® participating in the 2008 event.